Justice Ibrahim Ali of the Appeal Court sitting in Plateau State on Friday affirmed the judgment of Justice Ishaku I. Kunda of court No 3 that the appeal filed by the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission lack merit.

The Judge also dismissed the appeal filed by the People Democratic Party ,PDP , challenging its exclusion of the party by Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission, PLASIEC, for lacking in merit.

PLASIEC excluded PDP that the party didn’t have executives saying the Sen. Suleiman Adokwe congress of the primaries was illegal and cannot stand the test of time.

The judge didn’t award cost to any party ,that any election conducted was null and void so the court hereby affirmed the judgment of the lower court.

He said the appellate filed a suit challenging of Hon Joshua Ubandoma Laven tenure of 3 years in office which had not expired before the conduct of Local Government Election in 2019 .

The judge affirmed that the tenure of Ubandoma Laven Joshua didn’t expire as the time when PLASIEC conducted an kangaroo elections that usher in illegal Chairman of Barr. Zulfa Rimven to occupied the seat of Langtang North LGA.

The reasons for the Appeal was that PDP was challenging its exclusion from participation in the LG elections sometimes in October, 2021.

However, the PDP been an aggrieved party went to file a suit at the State High Court which was strike out by Honourable Justice Ishaku Kunda that the decision of leading to Appeal court.

The suit was dismiss that meant that the court of appeal saw that the decision of the high was right.

Therefore the Appeal Court held that PLASIEC was correct to have stop the PDP from participation in the LGs elections.

Secondly ,PLASIEC through the state government being the aggrieved party on the judgment of Justice Ishaku Kunda who declared that the tenure of Hon Joshua Ubandoma Laven hold that the his tenure is not yet expire seek the clearance before the Appeal Court and its dismissed the appellate appeal.

“You would recalled that Justice Ishaku Kunda order that the Chairman of Langtang North LGA has never been vacant as the time the PLASIEC order for fresh election into the seat” he said.

The Counsel to appellate, Barr. SG Odey commended the court for the industry and record of appeal file before the Court.

Barr. Nantok Dashuwar of the respondent also applauded the Court for the perfect judgment.

However, counsel to Hon Joshua Ubandoma Laven, Barr. Nancwat Durven appreciated the court for delivery landslide judgment which gave an ordinary man on the streets that there is hope in the judiciary .

Durven said today judgment mark a turning point to the common man that not everyone can do whatever he or she feels and go Scot free.

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